China's Bold Dam Causing Worries
Bus Found in China Landslide Rubble
Posted on 12/30/2007 6:46:34 AM PST by JACKRUSSELL
(BEIJING) -- Chinese authorities have blamed lax supervision over construction and engineering for a landslide near the massive Three Gorges Dam last month that killed 35, state media reported on Wednesday.
Faulty procedures blasting rock at the railway tunnel construction site were the direct cause of the disaster, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement released jointly by the Ministry of Railways and the State Administration of Work Safety.
"Although the causes of the accident were complicated, the accident revealed management negligence and loose control over engineering and construction ... " the statement said.
Most of the victims were travelling on a long-distance bus that was buried under an avalanche of boulders, earth and mud at the entrance to the railway tunnel in Badong county in the central province of Hubei.
While officials have not linked the landslide, which happened near a tributary of the 660-km (410-mile) Three Gorges Dam reservoir, to the project, the deaths came amid growing fears about land hazards around the rising dam.
Residents in the Badong area have expressed concern about what they say has been an increase in landslides and tremors since the dam's water level rose last year, putting pressure on steep slopes in places such as Badong.
This is nothing! Wait until the fresh water to the north is in full swing.. it’s going to mean pollution from the south of China to the north.
“Lax oversight” means somone is on suicide watch I guess.
When I read the title, I thought they were accusing the Los Angeles airport of negligence.
Bush's fault???
China Blames Lax Oversight for Deadly Landslide..
the chinese also blame lax oversight for all the lead in chldrens’ toys/tainted pet food/tainted human food, etc., etc.!
basically the chinese just LACK oversight in favor of a buck!!!!
This is one very large dam...
“Lax oversight” means that the entire bureaucratic structure of bribe-taking, embezzlement and luxury living has been momentarily overshadowed by some peon-deaths.
Don’t worry, though.
“Full oversight” — wining, dining and dinking prostitutes — will go back into full swing as soon as this story dies down.
They are probably planning an execution or two to “boost morale” among the rest of the construction supervisors...
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